Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

After agreeing to a "mutual separation," Rusty Frantz stepped down this week as president and chief executive officer, and also from the company's board.

The Single Digital Patient Record system will consolidate the fragmented EMR systems across the state.

A retrospective study in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that the model did not identify two-thirds of sepsis patients and frequently issued false alarms.

Electronic health records are overloading outpatient docs with info in "disparate files and folders rather than presenting comprehensive, actionable data in a context that gives meaning," say researchers in a VA-funded study.

This follows the commencement of its project with InterSystems, where the multi-disciplinary hospital will operate InterSystems TrakCare as a service.

The three-year study intends to identify the "true burden" of cardiovascular diseases and other chronic health conditions in the region.

Allscripts, athenahealth and DrChrono have also signed on to give patients greater control over their health records.

The vendor said it remained focused on delivering benefits to clients, associates and shareholders.

The new technology has reduced the need for phone calls to local pharmacies and manual entry of medications, leading to increased staff satisfaction and productivity.